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Challenging the Bible

Author : Robert Green Ingersoll

Publisher : Immediex Pub

Page : 172 pages

File Size : 43,34 MB

Release : 2005-04

Category : Religion

ISBN : 9781932968262

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Challenging the Bible contains masterful insights about the Bible from one of the world's greatest freethinkers and orators of all time--Robert G. Ingersoll. Editor and religious expert Dean Tipton has selected some of the best material from thousands and thousands of pages of Ingersoll's writings and recorded speeches that challenge the Bible and its followers. Challenging the Bible explores a wide variety of Bible-related topics and raises important questions that everyone should think about. The result is one penetrating book that best presents the various perspectives and objections against a religious text that has unquestionably been the most dominant influence in human history. Truly a must read for anyone ranging from conservative religious believers to liberal freethinkers, Challenging the Bible combines the insight and passion of Robert G. Ingersoll with the astute selection of Dean Tipton to create a truly special work in the genre of religious literature.



Questioning the Bible

Author : Jonathan Morrow

Publisher : Moody Publishers

Page : 246 pages

File Size : 44,78 MB

Release : 2014-07-15

Category : Religion

ISBN : 0802490697

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The Bible is the most influential book in human history. But what are we supposed to do with it in the 21st century? And even more importantly, can it still be trusted as the Word of God? Confusion and doubt about the Bible are becoming as common inside the church as they are outside. Questions come from all sides: Is the Bible anti-intellectual? Has the biblical text been corrupted over the centuries? Who really chose the books of the Bible and why? Which interpretation of the Bible is correct? Are the gospels full of contradictions? There are an unprecedented number of sophisticated attacks on the origin, credibility, and reliability of the Bible today. Secularism has tried to undercut even the possibility of spiritual or moral knowledge. Skepticism toward institutional religion is at an all-time high. Yet, the Bible claims that truth is knowable and God is actively involved in our world. What are we to do? Pray for wisdom. Think clearly. Pick up your Bible. Read through the 11 major challenges presented in these pages. And be ready.



The Bible Challenge

Author : Marek Zabriskie

Publisher : Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd

Page : 353 pages

File Size : 46,34 MB

Release : 2012-10-01

Category : Religion

ISBN : 1848252919

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The Bible Challenge is an invitation to journey with fellow believers from across the world and across the Anglican Communion through the entire length and breadth of the Bible, and to experience the full sweep of the biblical record in the course of a single year. For each of 365 days, there is a selection of readings comprising Old Testament, Psalm and New Testament passages, insightful commentary by one of a hundred theologians and church leaders from around the Anglican Communion, a prayer for the day and questions for reflection. UK contributors include: Nick Baines, Rosalind Brown, Jeffrey John, Archbishop Barry Morgan, Mark Oakley, June Osborne, Martyn Percy, Emma Percy, Michael Perham, Stephen Platten and others. The Bible Challenge is supported by a website www.thecenterborbiblicalstudies.org and its international advisory board includes Rowan Williams, Paula Gooder, David Ford, Graham Tomlin and many senior figures from around the Anglican world.



Can We Still Believe the Bible?

Author : Craig L. Blomberg

Publisher : Brazos Press

Page : 258 pages

File Size : 48,87 MB

Release : 2014-04-01

Category : Religion

ISBN : 1441245642

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Challenges to the reliability of Scripture are perennial and have frequently been addressed. However, some of these challenges are noticeably more common today, and the topic is currently of particular interest among evangelicals. In this volume, highly regarded biblical scholar Craig Blomberg offers an accessible and nuanced argument for the Bible's reliability in response to the extreme views about Scripture and its authority articulated by both sides of the debate. He believes that a careful analysis of the relevant evidence shows we have reason to be more confident in the Bible than ever before. As he traces his own academic and spiritual journey, Blomberg sketches out the case for confidence in the Bible in spite of various challenges to the trustworthiness of Scripture, offering a positive, informed, and defensible approach.



Distorting Scripture?

Author : Mark L. Strauss

Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers

Page : 238 pages

File Size : 40,33 MB

Release : 2010-02-01

Category : Religion

ISBN : 1725229250

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Recent controversies have rocked evangelicalism on the question: Is gender-inclusive language for human beings faithful and helpful in Bible translation, or does it distort and obscure God's Word? Distorting Scripture? moves beyond sensationalism to the meaty core of an ongoing debate.



The Challenge of Bible Translation

Author : Steven M. Voth

Publisher : Harper Collins

Page : 432 pages

File Size : 31,13 MB

Release : 2003

Category : Religion

ISBN : 0310246857

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Book Description

This collection of 21 essays by leading scholars brings together the carefully nuanced insights of years of experience devoted to the challenges of responsible biblical interpretation and translation.



Bible Made Impossible, The

Author : Christian Smith

Publisher : Brazos Press

Page : 240 pages

File Size : 13,26 MB

Release : 2011-08

Category : Religion

ISBN : 1587433036

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A world-renowned sociologist argues that evangelical biblicism is impossible and produces unwanted pastoral consequences.



What the Bible Really Teaches

Author : Keith Ward

Publisher : SPCK Publishing

Page : 196 pages

File Size : 39,83 MB

Release : 2004

Category : Religion

ISBN :

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This prominent theologian adds his contribution to the authority of Scripture debate An impassioned contribution to the debate about the authority of scripture - how we read the Bible, and how, the author believes, a fundamentalist reading is unsustainable. This book will infuriate many and delight others, and will make a valuable contribution to the debate, which we plan to join with voices from many corners. The book works through a series of Bible passages often cited as 'proof texts', and explores how they can be read, and how they are used.



The Social Justice Bible Challenge

Author : Marek Zabriskie

Publisher : Bible Challenge

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 44,79 MB

Release : 2017-08

Category : Religion

ISBN : 9780880284509

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"The poor are on God's heart and should be on ours. We are called to fight poverty and injustice wherever we find it." --The Rev. Marek P. Zabriskie, Founder, The Bible Challenge



The Art of Biblical Narrative

Author : Robert Alter

Publisher : Basic Books

Page : 272 pages

File Size : 24,71 MB

Release : 2011-04-26

Category : Religion

ISBN : 0465025552

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From celebrated translator of the Hebrew Bible Robert Alter, the "groundbreaking" (Los Angeles Times) book that explores the Bible as literature, a winner of the National Jewish Book Award. Renowned critic and translator Robert Alter's The Art of Biblical Narrative has radically expanded our view of the Bible by recasting it as a work of literary art deserving studied criticism. In this seminal work, Alter describes how the Hebrew Bible's many authors used innovative literary styles and devices such as parallelism, contrastive dialogue, and narrative tempo to tell one of the most revolutionary stories of all time: the revelation of a single God. In so doing, Alter shows, these writers reshaped not only history, but also the art of storytelling itself.